Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-24
SOUTHERN. INDUSTRY.
The Chattanooga Trademarks State.
ment OF the Progress of Southern
Development.
Texas In tbs Lead in the Matter Of Free
Tag Flour and 9rist Mina-A Fine
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CHATTANOOGA, TRNN., Dec. 23-The
Tradesmsn OF this city has prepared q
taoulated statement for the purpose OF
showing the progress of industrial devel.
opment during the year 1887 in the south.
ern states-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, North Carolins, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
virginia. The Tradesman appends to
the statement note to the effect that
although many Of the manufacturing COM
paales therein enumerated as organized
during the year. did not in fact erect
buildings and begin work, and may not
DO 30 before the close of another year.
The exhibit is given as showing the tend
ency throughout the south to engage in
industrial pursuits.
The most important enterprises
enumerated in the statement and the total
number of such enterprises in the states
named =. Agricultural implement fac-
tories, 2; bre weries, 8; bridge works, 8;
car works, %; cotton and woolen mills.
l47; electric light works, SO; flour and
grist mills, III; foundries and machine
shops, 1874; blast furnaces, S.; gas COM
Oanies, 81; glass works, II; ice factories.
80; mines and quarrles, 504; natural gas
companies, 1l5; oil mills, IS; pipe works,
4; batteries, 10; railroad companies, 1872;
rolling mills, %; stamp mills and smelt-
ers, 43; steel plants, 10; street railways,
l52; waterworks, 1856; wood working
establishments, GAO; miscellaneous, $40.
There were organized in Alabama 7
agricultural implement works, bridge
works, 8 Car works, 1S cotton and WOODEN
mills, foundries and machine shops, 80
mining and quarrying companies, II
natural gas companies, 2 pipe works, fl
railroad companies, IA rol ing mills, 8
steel plants, 20 waterworks, SO gas COM
panies, l6 electric light works, l64 wood
works and Is miscellaneous industries.
In Arkansas-Four Car works, cotton
and wooden mills, 2 blast furnaces,
80 mines and quarries, 40 rail
road companies and 10 stamp mills end
shelters. In the last named blanch Ar
kansas also tskes first place.
In Fiorids-Nine tobacco factories, 4
cotton and wooden mills, % railroad COM
osuies. IL waterWorks, ~ woodworking
establishments.
La Georeis-Sine agricultural imple-
ment works, "a cotton and wooden mills,
l blast furnace compsny,2 Glass works,
GS mines snd quarries, So railroads, %
-rreet railways and 90 wood working
shops.
La X ontucky-Four cotton and woolen
mills, blast furnaces, So mines and quar-.
ries. 81 natural gas companies, tool
works, 6 wsterworks anc so wood work
ing shops.
In Louisiana-Fiiteen blast furnaces,
9 mines and quarries, oil mills, dis
tilleries, 8 potteries, s rice mills, 8 sugar
mills and 25 W working shops.
In Mississippi-Three cotton and WOOL
en- mills, blast furnace, mines and
quarries, railroad companies, IL wood
working shops and 81 miscellaneous.
In North Csrolina-Twelve carriage
aud wagon works, 81 cigar and tobacco
factories, 26 cotton and wooden mills (the
state leading the south in this 'brancb),
81 -four and gristmills, Ii ice factories, SO
mines and quarries, Is railroads, . street
railways and 67 woodworking shops.
In South Caroiina-Twenty- one cot
ton and wooden mills, 10 mines and quar-
ries, waterworks, l rice mill, rail-
roads, IA woodworking shops.
In Tenuessee-Seven agricultural imple-
nent works, 8 barrel isctories.3 car works,
8 carriage and wagon works, IL cotton and
woolen mile, Is electric light works, Is
hour and grist mills, Sc toundries and
machine shops, Ia blast furnaces, 10 gas
companies, IL glass works (the greatest
oumber in any southern siste), Is ice
factories, SO mines and quarries
{ Tennessee leads the south also
in this branch of Industry, 81
natural gas and oil companies, oil mills,
5 potteries, 81 railroad companies, l roll
ing mill, 2,still plants, 81 street railways,
6 tool works, Is waterworks, 10l wood
working shops and LA miscellaneous.
In Texas-Three Car works, car wheel
works, 19 cotton and wooden mills, 20
electric light works, 81 -four and grist
mills (Texas leading in this branch), 81
ioundries and machine shops, II ice fac
tories, Al mines and qusrries, natural
gas companies, z Oil mile, 81 railroads,
IL street railways, go water WORKS, ~
wood working shops.
In VlrgiUia-Ten cigar and tobacco
factories, cotton and wooden mills, II
electric light works, Is Fl Iur and grist
mills, blast furnaces, 10 gas companies,
so mines and quarries, ID natural gas
companies, 2 potteries, "a railroads, 8
rolling mills, 2 steel plants. street rail-
ways, IL waterworks and 2s wood work
ing shops.
In West Vi-ginis-0ne car works, 2
cotton and wooden mills, blast furnaces,
glass works, potteries, IL railroads,
steel plant, 20 wood working shops, 81
mines and quarries.